I Quotes
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“I have seen the fruits of adult education. It can be done. And anyone who has worked in adult education knows that he must appeal for self-help. There are no monitors to keep adults at the task. There are no examinations and grades, none of the machinery of external discipline. The person who learns something out of school is self-disciplined. He works for merit in his own eyes, not credit from the registrar. (1940 ed. page 104)”
Source: How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading
“I have seen the future and it's like the present, only longer.”
“I have seen the future of pop music and it is a band called Queen.”
Source: Follow the Music: The Life and High Times of Elektra Records in the Great Years of American Pop Culture
“I have seen the future! Go back!”
“I have seen the future, and it is still in the future.”
“I have seen the future, and it works.”
“I have seen the glories of art and architecture, and mountain and river; I have seen the sunset on the Jungfrau, and the full moon rise over Mont Blanc; but the fairest vision on which these eyes ever looked was the flag of my country in a foreign land. Beautiful as a flower to those who hate it, terrible as a meteor to those who hate it, it is the symbol of the power and glory, and the honor, of fifty million Americans.”
“I have seen the Gore documentary 'An Inconvenient Truth,' just released in the States, and admired the acutely revolutionary delivery of the slideshow assisted talk he has now been giving for some 16 years.”
“I have seen the greatest beauty. The wonders of the world, and the wonders of my eye.”
Source: The Beauty of Living Twice
“I have seen the hippopotamus, both asleep and awake; and I can assure you that, awake or asleep, he is the ugliest of the works of God.”
“I have seen the Indian in his forests, and the Negro in his chains, and thought, as I contemplated their pitiable condition, that I saw the very extreme of human wretchedness; but I did not then know the condition of unfortunate Ireland...In all countries, more or less, paupers may be discovered; but an entire nation of paupers is what was never seen until it was shown in Ireland.”
“I have seen the king with a face of Glory, He who is the eye and the sun of heaven, He who is the companion and healer of all beings, He who is the soul and the universe that births souls.”
Source: The Rumi Collection
“I have seen the Lady April bringing
the daffodils,
Bringing the springing grass and the
soft warm April rain.”
Source: The Collected Poems
“I have seen the moment of my greatness flicker, and I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker, and in short, I was afraid.”
“I have seen the most beautiful families blossom from the most unlikely relational circumstances. I've also seen the most ideal circumstances yield empty families that just don't work no matter how hard they try. Nobody can try and control this. The seeds of love and the seeds of family will fall wherever they want to fall and will take root wherever they may take root. There's no telling, there's no predicting what may be best. But that's the absolute beauty of it. Let people come together and love as they wish, there are no rules to this.”
“I have seen the movement of the sinews of the sky, And the blood coursing in the veins of the moon.”
Source: The Secrets of the Self
“I have seen the mystics play there Once or twice but I knew they had a reason Enchantment plays it's cards all right Hand in hand with the working of the seasons Legends can be now and forever Teaching us to love for goodness sake Legends can be now and forever Loved by the sun, loved by the sun”
“I have seen the past, the present, and the future. I have realized that there is only one sin in this whole world – that is to hurt another living being, who means you no harm, through your direct or indirect intentional actions.”
Source: Demons of Time: Race to the 7th Sunset
“I have seen the Raiders develop into what they are today.”
“I have seen the rise and fall of Nazi tyranny, the subsequent cold war and the nuclear nightmare that for fifty years haunted the dreams of children everywhere. During that time my generation defeated totalitarianism. As a result, your world is poised for better tomorrows. What will you do on your journey?”
“I have seen the rise of fascism and communism. Both philosophies glorify the arbitrary power of the state... But both theories fail. Both deny those God-given liberties that are the inalienable right of each person on this planet, indeed, they deny the existence of God.”
Source: Ronald Reagan
“I have seen the science I worshiped, and the aircraft I loved, destroying the civilization I expected them to serve.”
“I have seen the sea lashed into fury and tossed into spray, and its grandeur moves the soul of the dullest man; but I remember that it is not the billows, but the calm level of the sea from which all heights and depths are measured.”
Source: The works of James Abram Garfield. Volume 2
“I have seen the sun break through
to illuminate a small field
for a while, and gone my way
and forgotten it. But that was the pearl
of great price, the one field that had
treasure in it. I realize now
that I must give all that I have
to possess it. Life is not hurrying
on to a receeding future, nor hankering after
an imagined past. It is the turning
aside like Moses to the miracle
of the lit bush, to a brightness
that seemed as transitory as your youth
once, but is the eternity that awaits you.”
Source: R. S. Thomas: Everyman Poetry: Everyman's Poetry
“I have seen the sun with a little ray of distant light challenge all the powers of darkness, and without violence and noise, climbing up the hill, hath made night so retire that its memory was lost in the joys and sprightliness of the morning.”
“I have seen the truth. It is not as though I had invented it in my mind. I have seen it, SEEN IT and the living image of it has filled my soul forever.”
“I have seen the universe! It is made of poems!”
Source: The Blue Fox
“I have seen the Virgin
in an appletree at Chartres
And Saint Joan burn
at the Bella Union.
I have seen giraffes in junglejims
their necks like love
wound around the iron circumstances
of the world.
I have seen the Venus Aphrodite
armless in her drafty corridor.
I have heard a siren sing
at One Fifth Avenue.
I have seen the White Goddess dancing
in the Rue des Beaux Arts
on the Fourteenth of July
and the Beautiful Dame Without Mercy
picking her nose in Chumley's.”
Source: A Coney Island of the Mind
“I have seen the vision and for self I cannot live; Life is less than worthless till my all I give.”
“I have seen their backs before.”
“I have seen, there,
In the moonlit space of self, where the ego glides,
Its silvery essence, a mirror upon life’s tides.
Shaped by the ebb and flow of journey’s dance,
Reflecting beliefs, in life’s intricate, ever-changing stance.
This luminary, a learned guide in identity’s play,
Casts shadows, illusions in its luminous display.
A sculptor, artful, in societal norms it trusts,
Chiseling character with life’s whims and cultural dust.
The ego, in its carnival, spins tales so keen,
Crafting who we ought to be in expectations unseen.
In costumes of roles and societal dreams it dresses,
Creating our outward selves in myriad, intricate presses.
In stark contrast, behold the inner sun, our essence so bright,
A steadfast flame, in the core of our being, burning with pure light.
Unfiltered, unwavering, unlike the moon’s fickle gleam,
A constant force, our authentic self, a deep, untouched stream.
This essence, our unchanging truth, in the heart it resides,
A whisper of eternity, beyond masks, where true self abides.
Beyond roles, beyond transient ego’s elaborate dance,
Lies this truth, unswayed by the external world’s fleeting glance.
In the quest for self, twixt these luminaries, discernment is key,
Traversing the self’s tangle, understanding what must be.
Though ego’s voice echoes loud, in desires and fears it plays,
It’s the essence’s silent light that guides through life’s stormy bays.
Through recognition, understanding, transformation’s alchemy begins,
Turning life unexamined into enlightened existence’s wins.
A celestial voyage, within us, between sun and moon’s embrace,
Ego teaches, grows us, in our worldly place.
The essence, radiant and wise, to eternity connects,
Offering authenticity, a path that perfects.
Yin and yang, in our existence, they intertwine,
In their dance, our soul’s rhythm, in harmony, divine.
In moon’s reflection and sun’s light, a balance we find,
Understanding their interplay, the rhythm of humankind.”
Source: The 7 Laws of Quantum Power
“I have seen these persons speak unthinkingly, not realizing that to speak is also to be. Word and gesture are man's thought. We should not speak without reason.”
Source: The Stories of Eva Luna
“I have seen these ways of God: I know of no reason For fire and change and torture and the old returnings.”
Source: The Wild God of the World: An Anthology of Robinson Jeffers
“I have seen things few of my countrymen have. The first time I went on an aeroplane I couldn't work out how the lavatories worked up in the sky.”
“I have seen this happen in recent years with regard to pharmaceuticals and vaccines, where, working together, we are improving access to medicines and vaccines for infectious diseases in the poorest countries.”
“I have seen this place so many times in my night terrors that, even half-demolished, I cannot help but feel like I am in another awful dream.”
Source: The Stolen Heir
“I have seen three beautiful young girls in their 30's within the last few years pass away due to this illness, who not only fought their battles with this illness but who played an important role in raising awareness of ME.
Yes you can die as a result of having ME if you become at the severe end of it which
25% do.”
Source: Severe ME : Notes for Carers
“I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.”
“I have seen times of plentiful and times of scarcity.”
Source: Think Great: Be Great!
“I have seen too many men go down, and I never permit myself to forget that one day, through accident or under the charge of a younger, stronger knight, I too will go down.”
Source: The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
“I have seen too many men wilt and go silly under a little light, and then they continue to write and get published, turning out pure crap under a name that has become a bad habit. The next poem is all that counts. You can't stand on past poems.”
“I have seen too much not to know that the impression of a woman may be more valuable than the conclusion of an analytical reasoner.”
“I have seen travel plans happen only when they were made overnight.”
“I have seen vast, perhaps unbelievable, changes during the journey that has brought me from the flicker of a lamp in a small Bengal village to the chandeliers of Delhi.”
“I have seen videos of Sugar Ray Robinson and Willie Pep who did a million other things than just punch, to set up a perfect shot or to offset their opponents' rhythm. Boxing is incredibly complicated. It's not Rock'em Sock'em Robots.”
“I have seen war ... I hate war.”
“I have seen war. I have seen war on land and sea. I have seen blood running from the wounded. I have seen men coughing out their gassed lungs. I have seen the dead in the mud. I have seen cities destroyed. I have seen 200 limping, exhausted men come out of line—the survivors of a regiment of 1,000 that went forward 48 hours before. I have seen children starving. I have seen the agony of mothers and wives. I hate war.”
“I have seen what a laugh can do. It can transform almost unbearable tears into something bearable, even hopeful.”
“I have seen what comes of being patient," Amanda said with a boding look. "And I have no opinion of it." "What does come of it?" Inquired Sir Gareth. "Nothing!”
“I have seen what hard work can do, and I know what more it can and will do.”